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School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

Location:
Glen, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 396

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    Hedge Schools
    Over a hundred and twenty years ago there was a hedge school in the townland of Pull. It was about a mile from where Mount-town school is situated and was situated along the side of a road under a hedge. There was a thatched roof over it and there is a shed for cattle there now.
    The teacher who taught in it was Master Gallagher, he had always about forty children at school and the subjects he taught were English, Irish and Arithmetic. That time the pupils
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doongelagh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Doongelagh, Co. Sligo